Podnah's Pit Barbecue

Podnah's Pit Barbecue is a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[2][3][4]

Podnah's Pit Barbecue
The restaurant's exterior, 2025
Restaurant information
Established	2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Owner(s)	Rodney Muirhead[1]
Food type	Barbecue
Street address	1625 Northeast Killingsworth Street
City	Portland
State	Oregon
Postal/ZIP Code	97211
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°33′46.4″N 122°38′53.8″W
Website	podnahspit.com

Description and history

Podnah's Pit Barbecue operates in northeast Portland's Vernon neighborhood. Rodney Muirhead opened the restaurant in 2006.^[5][6]

Reception

Podnah's was a runner-up and placed second in the Best Barbecue category of Willamette Week's annual 'Best of Portland' readers' poll in 2022 and 2024, respectively.^[7][8] The business was included in Eater Portland's 2025 list of Portland's best brunch restaurants.^[9] Ron Scott also included Podnah's in the website's 2025 overview of Portland's best barbecue eateries.^[10]

See also

• Food portal
• Oregon portal

• Barbecue in the United States
• List of barbecue restaurants
• List of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives episodes